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Topic: Law To Declare Bitcoin Ownership - page 4. (Read 3347 times)

newbie
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September 12, 2017, 02:40:36 PM
#8
Well, usually the fiscal authorities want you to declare gains from bitcoin but not the ownership of the bitcoin itself.
hero member
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September 12, 2017, 01:22:16 PM
#7
I am not sure if your country is having a law requiring all citizens to declare Bitcoin ownership...maybe there is still no such a law yet but what if there is...would you follow that law and be open about your engagement with cryptocurrency or would you choose to just ignore thinking that anyway the government can have a hard time detecting your involvement with it?

In the next few years and as Bitcoin (and cryptocurrency in general) would be more and more popular, there would be more clashes on many pivotal issues regarding laws and regulations focused on Bitcoin. What we are witnessing this year is just an introductory phase on many things to come...so brace yourself and be prepared for the ride of your life.

Welcome to the Bitcoin generation...where all sides are on edges!



If I happen to be in a country like the United States at the time when this law might come into effect, where from news emanating from the web and movies that everything is tracked to from finances up to the point of your private lives then I would willingly submit to such law.

However, if its going to happen in this country I am now, I would probably call the law bluff because laws only works here for the first few days its being enacted other than that, its not potent any longer and I am sure the law would be implemented only to make a statement without the forces to eventually effect the provisions of such law.
sr. member
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September 12, 2017, 11:49:17 AM
#6
I am not sure if your country is having a law requiring all citizens to declare Bitcoin ownership...maybe there is still no such a law yet but what if there is...would you follow that law and be open about your engagement with cryptocurrency or would you choose to just ignore thinking that anyway the government can have a hard time detecting your involvement with it?

In the next few years and as Bitcoin (and cryptocurrency in general) would be more and more popular, there would be more clashes on many pivotal issues regarding laws and regulations focused on Bitcoin. What we are witnessing this year is just an introductory phase on many things to come...so brace yourself and be prepared for the ride of your life.

Welcome to the Bitcoin generation...where all sides are on edges!



Sincerely, I would go for the second option which is waiting for how government intends to effect such pollicy a mere look at the costs of effecting the law and go after just small holders like myself would not turn out well for my government in which I am sure they are not open to commit such amount of resources needed for such at this time.
legendary
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Welt Am Draht
September 12, 2017, 10:29:21 AM
#5
Where I'm at you have to declare Bitcoin when you receive welfare benefit but that's because they're giving you free money so they shouldn't have to if you're otherwise loaded.

There's no obligation to declare ownership of anything where I'm at so I don't see why crypto would be any different. If there was then I wouldn't bother and I'd probably leave the country as it was the start of a slippery slope.
full member
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September 12, 2017, 09:15:42 AM
#4
I think it will be a very difficult for the governments to roll out and implement such law successfully; they cannot trace whether someone owns any coins or not due to the anonymity of the wallet holder.
legendary
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September 12, 2017, 07:23:21 AM
#3
I am not sure if your country is having a law requiring all citizens to declare Bitcoin ownership...maybe there is still no such a law yet but what if there is...would you follow that law and be open about your engagement with cryptocurrency or would you choose to just ignore thinking that anyway the government can have a hard time detecting your involvement with it?

In the next few years and as Bitcoin (and cryptocurrency in general) would be more and more popular, there would be more clashes on many pivotal issues regarding laws and regulations focused on Bitcoin. What we are witnessing this year is just an introductory phase on many things to come...so brace yourself and be prepared for the ride of your life.

Welcome to the Bitcoin generation...where all sides are on edges!

Another question would be whether they ask you to declare all cryptocurrency ownership? That could be pretty cumbersome for the government as well. They might be familiar with bitcoins, but what about coins which are not even in the top 100?
legendary
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September 12, 2017, 04:23:49 AM
#2
I am not sure if your country is having a law requiring all citizens to declare Bitcoin ownership...maybe there is still no such a law yet but what if there is...would you follow that law and be open about your engagement with cryptocurrency or would you choose to just ignore thinking that anyway the government can have a hard time detecting your involvement with it?

In the next few years and as Bitcoin (and cryptocurrency in general) would be more and more popular, there would be more clashes on many pivotal issues regarding laws and regulations focused on Bitcoin. What we are witnessing this year is just an introductory phase on many things to come...so brace yourself and be prepared for the ride of your life.

Welcome to the Bitcoin generation...where all sides are on edges!

This is a tricky question. There are countries where declaration of assets is mandatory and hiding your assets is a crime. So in case the government discovers unaccounted for assets, they can infer that you got the assets through illegal means. At the least, they will nail you for making a false declaration of your assets. So if it does become necessary to declare your crypto assets, the best option would be to come clean.
hero member
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September 11, 2017, 10:06:55 PM
#1
I am not sure if your country is having a law requiring all citizens to declare Bitcoin ownership...maybe there is still no such a law yet but what if there is...would you follow that law and be open about your engagement with cryptocurrency or would you choose to just ignore thinking that anyway the government can have a hard time detecting your involvement with it?

In the next few years and as Bitcoin (and cryptocurrency in general) would be more and more popular, there would be more clashes on many pivotal issues regarding laws and regulations focused on Bitcoin. What we are witnessing this year is just an introductory phase on many things to come...so brace yourself and be prepared for the ride of your life.

Welcome to the Bitcoin generation...where all sides are on edges!

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